On 26 July 2017, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that employment tribunal fees are unlawful. Everyone has the right of access to justice but the tribunal fees have adversely affected that right. In Dhami v Tesco Stores Ltd, thought to…
Barclays Bank plc has been held vicariously liable for sexual assaults committed by a doctor engaged to carry out medical examination for job applicants. In reaching the decision in various Claimants v Barclays Bank plc, the High Court applied the…
Worker status has yet again been established in the so-called ‘gig’ economy, this time a successful action was brought against Addison Lee (a minicab firm). The central London employment tribunal found that the company had treated its workers as ‘independent…
Most of us know somebody who has been diagnosed with cancer. The diagnosis turns worlds upside down. Thankfully, the chances of survival are improving all the time due to the research that is being done. When my son was…
In the High Court decision of OCS Group UK v Dadi a former employee was sentenced to 6 weeks imprisonment for breaches of an interim injunction in a dispute over confidential information. The defendant, Mr Dadi, was an employee of…
Baroness Hale will become the first female president of the UK Supreme Court. On 2 October, the 72 year old will take over from Lord Neuberger, who is retiring in September, having been his deputy since June 2013. Hale has…
The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that employment tribunal fees are unlawful. Everyone has the right of access to justice but the tribunal fees have adversely affected that right. This can be seen through the huge fall in the number…
The Government has demanded that the BBC disclose the names and salaries of everyone earning more than £150,000 as part of its new royal charter. The findings have resulted in concerns over the gender pay gap and a lack of…
When a member of your family, close friend or loved one passes away and you believe there is a discernible error within the last will and testament they have left behind, or that it has not been correctly implemented in…
A claim will be rejected by an employment tribunal if the name of the prospective respondent on the early conciliation (EC) certificate to which the EC number relates differs to the name of the respondent on the claim form, “unless…
